How does your multi-vitamin compare?

Lyle MacWilliam, a former Canadian Member of Parliament and Member of the Legislative Assembly for British Columbia recently served, as the authoritative command to Canada's federal Minister of Health, on the the Transition Team for the Office of Natural Health Products. He is also a Canadian biochemist, kinesiologist and the author of the Compartive Guide to Nutrional Supplements A Compendium of Products Available in the United States and Canada. MacWilliam surveyed over 1000 mulit-vitamin-mineral products available in Canada and the US, and compares 504 products to the optimum daily vitamin recommendations given by globally renowned nutrional experts (Dr. Earl Mindell Ph.D, Phyllis Balch CNC, Dr. Julian Whittaker MD, Dr. Richard Passwater Ph.D, Dr. Michael Colgan Ph.D., Dr. Ray Strand MD, Dr. Michael Murray ND.

MacWilliam drew an average from their recommendations to create a blended score. Only mutli-vitamin mineral products were compared in this survey. Here are the top ten products found in Canada, along with their blended score.

1. Usana Essentials 96%
2. Bodywise Right Choice 52%
3. Greens + Multi + 38%
4. Swiss Natural Source Super Adult Chewable 24%
5. Watkins Super Multi 24%
6. London Drugs Multi Premium 15%
7. Western Family Multi 13%
8. Jamieson Mega-Vitamin 9%
9. Centrum 7%
10. Life Brand 5%

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